The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-11
BA M MBERGER,
HALTER AND FURRIER.
LABOR MATTERS.
General Tie-Up on the Lines of the Boston
Consolidated Horse Railway.

COnSOiluateu IfOrse halfway.
- Boston, Jan. 10.-A general tie UP on the con-
1solGated horse railroad occurred this morning,
pursuant to the action of the meeting of the
~mployes which adjourned at $3.50 o'clock this
morning. The roads comprise the Mddlesex
and Highland lines, connecting at Walden.
Everett, Charestown and Somerville, With
Boston and the Boston Highlands district. All
the employees, including conductors, drivers,
nostlers horse-shoers, feeders and tow boys. are
participating in the strike. The exact grievances
of the men are not known. but the trouble is be-
lieved to be caused by the failure of President
Powers TO keen his part of an agreement recent
ly made with tho men.
A Charlestown car was started from Charles
town Neck this morning. Several Shawmut-
avenue cars have passed over the line since,
manned by p-union drivers and conductors,
1870 protected by from four to six policemen
on each car. There has been no disturbance
thus far reported. and it is not expected that
there will be any
AT noon quite a number of cars we're running
on the Sha and Charlestown lines.
These were All poiiced, and met with no more
violent demonstrations than boots, and yells,
and cries of ''scab," which followed them
through the more crowded parts of the city.
The employees Of the Metropolitan Railroad
Company (horse line) held meeting this morn
inc, and voted $4,000 to assist the strikers. A
meeting of the employees of the South Boston
!, road was attended by the same result. and $l0,-
oa?}>iis thus subscribed. The horse-shoers who
ioiped the strikefs - amber 800 This company
has the handling of TO- 600 horses used by the
Consolidated. METROPOLITAN, South Boston and
Cambridge roads 1t is understood that the men
Joined the strike TO sustain the tie I'D and get
kxeQre pay. all being Knights of Labor. The
Rorses on the Roxbury end of the Consolidated
road are shod by the company's own employees.
aud these have also returned to work.
The trouble arose out of number of minor
matters affecting only few men, such as the
pay of trppers, the allowance for meal-time of
J certain men, permitting of men connected with
the road to keep boarding houses, etc. The
officials of the road say they met the men
ir a friendly spirit and had conceded more than
half their demands They claim that it was
| necessary TO change the schedules and put on
certain trppers, and that this is done every sea-
son. On the other hand, the men say the trip
| pers were put on IN place OF regular men. be-
cause the company found it could make more
! money In that wav
At Maiden and Everett all the Consolidated
road men left this morning and. after the horses
had been fed the stables and stations
locked up and no attempt was made to send cars
/ out. These places have good steam railroad ia
cilities, and do not experience very much incon-
venence. One of the strikers said that there
was need of having policemen about as
fhbre would be no trouble The Knights
! Of Labor did not order the strike. The men
took the responsibility on themselves, and claim
that they have promises of ample financial aid
and can hold out as long the company does.
The strikers remain very quiet and orderly.
most OF the hootin2 being done by boys and idle
1 perrons Crowds of people in opposition TO the
''scabs" gathered in Adams square, at the foot of
Cornhill, along New Washington street and in
the eHaymarketsquare, through which portions of
the city the Charestown cars must go in passing
either way Here the noisiest demonstrations
of the day were made by the largest crowd yet
kcoected The "scabs' were hooted at and the
nncks filed with people who obstructed the
gbyements of the Many teamster lent
his aid to the strikers by driving his team in
frcnt of the cars aud delaying them as much as
nkse,ble. Two or three persons were arrested
a the police finally succeeded in forcing the
I'D from the tracks; but it massed along the
ylnewalks and booted and snow balled the non
union drivers as they passed.
No cars were run after dark. Everything is
uiet along the limo. The stables of the com
ANY guarded by police. but disturbance
disorder has occurred. The directors of the
ompany. as we'll the employees, holdirg
beetings tonight and il is understood the
Former have made proposition to the men, but
ite nature is not yet known.
The meetings dissolved about o'clock An
hmicablo adjustment of all the difficulties have
bean reached. The result is decided victory
for the strikers, who practically oil their
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